In the past, vacation rental owners had to perform the necessary maintenance tasks and market the properties to find guests or pay someone in the locality to do...
There are few numbers more important in commercial real estate than the debt service coverage ratio. It’s one of the first things and one of the...
News broke recently that WeWork’s going public in September. In this video, CNBC breaks down why they’re going public. Before you watch, though, here’s some context....
A lot of investment properties have something we call bonus space. It’s space that isn’t quite a bedroom, maybe not really living space, but doesn’t have...
Buying your home can be quite daunting, and if done wrong, it can bring with it enough financial regrets for the homebuyer. Here are 10 mistakes...
Have you ever driven around your city and seen all these apartment complexes, shopping plazas, or even office buildings? I always used to think they were...
Whenever you’re pitching, shopping, brokering or hunting deals, one of the first terms you’ll come across is the “cap rate.” Short for capitalization rate, at its...
FHA loans are a favorite among first-time homebuyers. This is largely because the mortgage, insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), requires a down payment of only...
Chicago-based Sean Conlon is a real estate investor extraordinaire. He started his career in the early ’90s, quickly becoming the top residential realtor in the nation...
I’ve been talking a lot about vacation rentals lately. No, I haven’t gone out and bought one…yet. But, I want to! And interesting factoid… Nearly 45 percent...